It’s been over a month since this went live for everyone, but it’s been taking us quite a while to get through all the new features that have been coming out! The last month truly has been a feature overload.
So we’ve made this new list editor. The old list editor had a fair number of problems, mostly in terms of usability and speed. It was a bit tough to figure out and use, especially when going through the word validation process. And for longer lists, it could run very, very slowly.
So the new list editor was designed with speed and usability in mind. It’s also fully integrated with the list pages themselves, so that instead of going to a separate page to edit a list, you go to the list page itself to make any changes.
The list editor has all the features of the old system and more:
- Paste in large number of words; it parses everything at once
- Search by reading or by writing
- Choose between traditional variants and multiple results
- Add words and definitions that are missing from our system
The only thing you can no longer do is edit the whole list at once, or put in all the sections at once. But this really does not slow down the process much (making sure the words you put in are correct takes the most time), and it keeps things simpler and makes it so we no longer have drafts of lists.
Again though, the main improvements are in speed and usability. You can type in a list as if you were typing into a word processor; type the writing or reading, hit enter, repeat. And you can always click the line to edit what you typed in, and navigate the list quickly with the up and down arrows and page up and page down keys. The underlying system is also much more efficient and since you’re only editing one section at a time, it never gets too long or too much for the browser to handle. Speed is good!
I’ve gradually been putting it everywhere vocabulary is edited. It’s been used as the way to add words to the queue and I just installed it in the practice nav as the scratchpad editor. Eventually it will be used to edit the queue as well.
Let us know what you think!